Uniform boundedness conjecture for scattering states of bounded compactly supported potentials

Let VV obey VV0|V| \le V_0, and V(x)=0V(x)=0 when xR0|x|\ge R_0, for some finite V0,R0V_0,R_0. Let H^=p^22M+V(x^)\hat H=\frac{\hat p^2}{2M}+V(\hat x), and let ψ\psi be any scattering state of H^\hat H.

Uniform boundedness conjecture. There is a universal constant BV0,R0B_{V_0,R_0} such that

ψBV0,R0,|\psi|\le B_{V_0,R_0},

where BV0,R0B_{V_0,R_0} is independent of the details of VV, though it may depend on the incident momentum and mass. This conjecture would provide a uniform LL_\infty bound needed for stability estimates across the class of bounded potentials with bounded support; the supplied text does not establish the claim or indicate a resolution.

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Scott Lawrence and Yukari Yamauchi, “Stable minimum principles for scattering states”, arXiv:2605.17139 (2026).

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